Five Hundy by Midnight 137: A Meaty Episode

/ Tim

Las Vegas podcast #137 includes:

  • The Simpsons opening clip
  • Best Vegas song ever
  • Update on permit woes at Rio and Harrah’s
  • More cameras on Las Vegas Boulevard
  • New Las Vegas Monorail stats
  • Golden Nugget expands
  • Listener calls about timeshare sales idiots, El Cortez, Las Vegas Hilton rooms, Caesars Palace construction and more
  • USA Today/Forbes article on Las Vegas buffets
  • Beginner steak advice finally pays off


Five Hundy By Midnight 10/14/07 (53:40 min, 49.3 MB)

31 thoughts on “Five Hundy by Midnight 137: A Meaty Episode”

  1. The seem to have overlooked the Imperial Palace buffet in that article.

    I think the IP and the Excalibur Buffet were the first two I ever experienced in LV. Although I didn’t know any better, none of those casinos had been built yet; so I have an excuse.

  3. Glad you liked Fogo de Chao. They have one in DC and it’s awesome. You should definitely try one of the Brazilian steakhouses in Vegas. I’ve been to Pampas in the P Ho mall, and it was very comparable to Fogo.

  5. Hey Michelle,
    Your bacon-wrapped filet reminded me of a BBQ place here in Calgary called Palamino’s. No nekkid girls but they do sell bacon-wrapped corn on the cob. Oh sweet heaven, I might have to go there for dinner tomorrow. Also, my brother and his wife stayed at the Golden Nugget and he insanely loved the waterslide. I wasn’t able to get him to tell me exactly why but he did go on it “at least 20 times” one afternoon. He also mentioned that the sharks are quite large. Happy Birthday to you; mine was two days ago. I had meat.

  6. The deck for the new club at Golden Nugget will be below the edge of the canopy of the light show thing. I sent some pictures of construction of the deck from last June.
    The Golden Nugget slide is a lot of fun. There is a 17 second gap between riders so the line goes pretty quick. You can get some pretty good speed in the slide and actually too fast to get a good glimps of the fishes as you go through their tank.

  7. Heather and I got engaged in the dome on the south east corner of Caesar’s.

  8. Tim!

    Please let me know if you send my call about the PH timeshare people to the hotel!

    If that call made a difference in PH’s timeshare policy, I would be most proud! (“I Believe I Can Fly” plays in the background).

    Seriously though, that was quite awful. It made me so mad! I could just see that as the “new and hot idea” from the timeshare think tank.

    Just look at them in there! Smoking their Chesterfield cigarettes and eating their Pringles potato chips. Leafing through the LVRJ Want Ads, and furrowing their brows behind their Ayn Rand novels. They’re up to something…. don’t let the fifteen minute break fool you…. they’re scheming….

  9. Hey Michele- Can I say “fuck” in the listener responce board?
    Yes?
    Cool.
    Fuck time share salespukes.

  10. Hey everybody,

    Enjoyed hearing comments about the El Cortez hotel, since I will going there this weekend. Was looking for something cheap, but clean, for this Saturday. Bellagio and Wynn were a little out of my budget for this trip. Okay, how about a lot.

    Anyway, since I will up there with a few friends, if anybody like to do a O’Shea’s for a little drink fest, hit me up. Hot women are more than welcome.

  11. Hey everybody,

    Enjoyed hearing comments about the El Cortez hotel, since I will going there this weekend. Was looking for something cheap, but clean, for this Saturday. Bellagio and Wynn were a little out of my budget for this trip. Okay, how about a lot.

    Anyway, since I will up there with a few friends, if anybody like to do a O’Shea’s for a little drink fest, hit me up. Hot women are more than welcome.

  12. There really is not much of a view at the LV Hilton. We ended up in a business room last time that had a view of the golf course. (It was ok especially since the LPGA was playing there at the time.) That side also has a view of the Stratosphere which is cool to see the rides from. On the other side (the front of the hotel) you have a view of the Convention Center parking lot, the Greek Isle Casino, and the Monorail. Also, there was free WiFi in the Coffee Shop in the hotel when we were there. (I am sure it will be PACKED during that convention).

  14. Time Share People SUCK, and Planet Hollywood is the WORST place on the strip for them. They position people just past the desk where you check in, and hit up people with luggage heading to their rooms. They position people at the front door. They position people as “Casino Services”. Ugh! Your suggestion is a good one to put it on the comment cards, but I’d think you’d have to threaten never to come back to get across the point of how bad it is.

  15. So, I wake up this morning from a dream and I’m piecing it together. About 99 44/100% of my dreams are nightmares. Had one the other night about this huge hairy spider attacking me…… sometimes it’s a axe murderer chasing me through the house, the point is they always suck.
    Allegedly you dream about things you were thinking about right before you go to sleep. I don’t understand then why I don’t dream about Angelina Jolie or Jessica Simpson.
    So, I’m piecing together this dream this morning and it goes something like this….
    I’m having a business meeting around this huge square table and the table is sort of raised about 3 feet above where we are sitting. All of sudden these gaucho waiters show up on the table and they start tossing all different cuts of meat to us and it is like the most delicious stuff I’ve ever had. They throwing like whole spits of meat at us, but it floats down to us and you just grab it and start eating it.
    It wasn’t Jolie or Simpson, but a hell of a lot better than spiders and axe murderers.
    Thanks Michele!!

  16. Re: Hilton Rooms – It was about ten years ago now, but at the time the golf course-view rooms in the north wing were the ones considered “premium.” Although the other side does have views toward the Strip you only get decent views if you are above the 10th floor or so. Golf course I guess is a more luxurious view and it is quieter on that side. The room itself was typical Hilton – comfortable but nothing special. Not sure if the non-premium rooms would be smaller or perhaps longer since they were updated.

  17. Diablos has been closed. 51 health code violations. Here is some perspective- Robertos Taco shop got 19 violations, one of which was live cockroaches.
    19 and cockroaches versus 51.
    Yikes!

  19. I thought the Diablos closing was around the first of October, and they were allowed to reopen the next day, after the violations were corrected. This was about the same time the Venetian had their violations.

  20. Has anyone stayed at Hooters? We are going to a convention the first of November and reserved there. My main question is about the room quality and views. The casino and dining has always seemed OK when we have been there. Our convention ia at Mandaly and Hooters is WAY cheaper than anything else in walking distance.

  21. Could be Jeff. It was reported today in the LV Review Journal.
    BTW- there is like a Motel 6 or something next to Hooters. Hooters is cheaper than that? 🙂

  22. Yummy !

    Drai’s On The Strip bar, 3595 Las Vegas Blvd. South, received 17 demerits Oct. 5. Violations included fruit flies found in liquor bottles. GRADE: B

    Drai’s On The Strip service bar, 3595 Las Vegas Blvd. South, received 38 demerits Oct. 5. Violations included moldy strawberries with bruised and soggy mint found in reach-in cooler. GRADE: C

    Drai’s On The Strip service bar No. 4, 3595 Las Vegas Blvd. South, received 20 demerits Oct. 5. Violations included no three-compartment sink available for washing dishes. GRADE: B

  23. Coulda been a slight overstatement on my part, Troy. I bet the Trop was cheaper, but I was scared to stay there.

  24. The trop is a great place to stay… if you don’t mind the smell of old people and coconuts.

  25. You mentioned Center Stage at the Plaza. I noticed from their website it is now closed.

    Right before it closed my wife, my brother, 2 other friends, and I went to said restraunt which has at least a veneer of fancy. My brother was wearing jean shorts and was worried about dress code. However, when we walked in there was a 400 pound man in basketball shorts sitting at a table drinking Bud out of a football. I told my brother he certainly met the dress code.

    We were also told “Raoul will be with you shortly.” It took us about 5 minutes to realize Raoul was the only waiter in the whole restraunt. Overall though, once we got served the food was delicious and very reasonably priced.

  26. Did Cameron say he was in the “Moe Green” suite at the El Cortez? Any one heard of this. Does anyone know who he is?

  27. It’s not actually called the Moe Green Suite—that’s just Cameron’s name for it. It’s a reference to The Godfather.

  30. “When you were still banging cheerleaders”
    ” Do you know who I am? I’m MOE GREEN! I was making my bones in this town when you were still banging cheerleaders.”
    Although reputed to be based on Benny Siegel, there could be some Gus Greenbaum in the character. Since, like Greenbaum, he is a successful casino boss and was hit in the late 50’s. Neither of which fit Siegel.
    May be I’ve watched The Godfather too may times.

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